Beverley, HU17
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Beverley, HU17
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 4 Jul 2013
The view of the A164 (North-Bar-Without) through The North Bar arch. This is the town’s last surviving medieval gate, dated to 1409. The town's gates were not part of a walled defensive system but were designed to assist in raising and collecting taxes. This was the principal gate and it is unique in being the only brick-built town gate in the country. This was a result of the East Riding lacking a ready supply of local building stone. Stone, timber and a variety of other raw materials were eventually imported via the River Hull and Beverley Beck, although of course this particular canal was not constructed until the early C19th.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.844869
Longitude
-0.435955